My question is, Can I deduct any of the repairs and reno costs as part of our rental hustle (Not forming an LLC yet) even though the house is technically Owner Occupied while the repairs are happening?

Remember, you'd still technically own it, UNTIL you're paid out in full.Example questions to ask yourself: do you reckon it's in an area that will show solid appreciation into the future?

Also, a property is not technically a MF until it has more than 5 units.

That makes her the tax payer for the property regardless of the fact that the LLC is on deed.So if she sells as the LLC and purchases as herself she is technically not changing tax payers.  

You can negotiate with the seller to do cash for keys because "TECHNICALLY" you are purchasing the property with all assets and things attached to it, including tenants.

Technically EVERYONE is supposed to get your explicit consent to run your credit if you do not already have an account with them (a "soft pull" is when an existing creditor is a "subscriber" to your credit, gets a fresh copy on a monthly basis, and double clicks to open it... you don't know this is done just like you don't know who opens your yellow letters, if you send them), but mortgage lenders face greater regulatory scrutiny, so we tend to actually follow the rules. - No one has a perfect credit score.- If you do not have a perfect credit score, but have unblemished credit, the credit reporting agencies still MUST give 3 reasons why you do not have a perfect credit score. 815 v 795 is normal month to month variance.

I would side strongly with your friends (I believe the technicality on OO isn't being there full time, it's like more than X amount of days for 1 year or something.) so I would say maybe not "move in" but make sure you have some stuff to stay there when you have vacancies.

A good designer can often weave the client's aspirations with the technical requirements-- and make it look good ;-)

So basically In a years time, they will technically payed off 12k of my mortgage.

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